Accession No
Z 1497.2
Description
Wooden shaft and ferrule from a spear. The shaft is short with a circular cross-section, tapering to a point at the blade end. The ferrule has a split socket, with a collar below the socket. The body is long with a circular cross-section; terminal has a squared cross-section and a flat terminal.
Place
Africa; East Africa; Kenya
Period
Source
?Jackson, Frederick John (Sir) [collector]; Ipswich Museum [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 1497.2
Cultural Affliation
?Maasai
Material
Metal; Wood
Local Term
Measurements
30mm x 1240mm Weight 0.87kg
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Z 1490 - Z 1504 are on one catalogue card. Note on catalogue card: 'No labels or numbers'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 1490-Z 1504: '15 modern Masai type spears'.
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Accession register for Z 1490: 'Modern Masai type spear' [entry c. 1928].
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau
Context (Amendments / updates)
This object was previously recorded as 'Maasai' but the accession register and the catalogue card only refer to this object as 'Maasai type'. Maasai has thus been queried in the cultural group field.
Event Date 9/7/2019
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (Physical description)
Wooden shaft and ferrule from a spear. The shaft is short with a circular cross-section, tapering to a point at the blade end. The ferrule has a split socket, with a collar below the socket. The body is long with a circular cross-section; terminal has a squared cross-section and a flat terminal.
Event Date 14/4/2022
Author: Sam Daisley
FM:296266
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